The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-09-10
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ncr WlEdplpe INTO the LETT lung. A Skill
full surgeon was sent for. He would not
| perform an operation, bat said that the
effect Of the bean on the lung would be
to produce violent coughing, that the
bean would be thrown into the wind
| pipe, and then it conld be removed. The
| child WAS taken To Cleveland and sur
Ceon WAS kept constantly in attendance.
A. length the coughing came on and the
bean WAS lodged III the wiudpipe, as ex-
pcctcd. Two surgeons were present and
at once operated upon the child. The
bean was removed and the child ap-
pcared to lie in fair Wa TO recover,
but il died the next day.
Two negroes tied their clothing to the
backs Of their necks and attempted TO
swim the river near Abbeville. S. {. One
Of them gained the opposite bank in
safety, but the other drowned. The plan
for recovering the dead body was rather
a novel one. An old darkev took bun
lie Of fodder and placed it in the river
where the drowning negro first sank,
when II tioated down about fifty yards
and suddenly stopped and commenced
10 whirl slowly round and round. Here
tie old negro dived down and secured
the body. He claims to have recovered
four Or five other lost bodies by this
means in his experience, and declares it
to be insallible.
A NEW insurance company with an in
genious scheme has inst established its
headquarters iii BIiialo. The purpose
is to enable parents, hy means Of small
weekly payments. 70 proTide for their
boys at the age Of II Il SIM sufficient to
give them "A business stare. and to fur
nish all the girls with enough money to
furnish home handsomely after
marriage. \ payment of five cents
week, begun at birth and continued
until the beneficiary at.ains his majority,
will Weld an endowment Of SISS.3 81. A
payment of % cents per week secures al
endowment OF $94l. &c; 81 per week,
g, 1G2 The death OF the beneficiary
cancels Tie pol:cy.
For thirteen wears ar eagle has
Gladc her nest III Il cave up:tr Santa
Rosa, Cal, and reared her young. As
soon as they are old enough TO care for
themselves she disaDDearS and is not
seen again, until the next wear. The
young DO not follow her, but stay in the
ieighboriood until shot II driven away
In the spring, VIXEN she comes to build
her nest, She flies directly over the cave
for several days, flying little lower
zach day until at last she reaches the
cave. After this perhaps she is not
again seen for a week, when she comes
on. i'll search of food.
EDITOR GRAVES Of The Jacksonville
Fla, HerrN went to see smuggling
match the other evening rs lie says, Gin
Il thoughtless and entirely casual way"
but he has repeutc1 Of it, and in Il per-
sonal card in his paper says g The fact
that many OF the best and most reputa-
bic citizelIs Of Jacksonville were among
the spectators does not justify me, in
view of my church relations. for being
present, frankly rcrcn. the thought
less error. ana shah make my excuses
where they are better duo.
THERE recently died in Alexandria,
Va, en- old man who had long carried
On, in a small way, the jewelry business.
A commission appointed to examine
into his affairs found in his dilapidated
house where he had lived with his aged
wife an old iron safe, and in it were S3O,- |
100 in money and over 300 in watches.
The widow was entirely surprised, and |
so were tie nclGhbors, who always
thought the couple to be very poor.
Ir is printed that a Chicago blonde,
whose eyebrows are very light, was in |
the habit of pencilling them, Gust a |
little" The other afternoon. while her
voIng man was waiting to take her to |